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COMMUNIQUE
N.7
Very dear brothers and
sisters,
The Chapter lived an
unforgettable moment with the papal audience of Thursday, 13 May. You
must have read the text of the Supreme Pontiff published at the Osservatore
Romano and in the Chapter’s web site (now translated to English
and Spanish). Fr. Silvio Sassi invited the Chapter Delegates to take up
that text and make of it an object of meditation, as it is a precious
and enlightening testament.
Meanwhile, with the
usual methodology that distributed our commitment into personal work,
group and assembly discussions, we arrived at the drafting of our plan
of action for the six-year period 2004-2010. The six language groups
during the first drafting gave way to a reorganization into four groups,
one in every area: Spirituality and Life in Community, Vocation
Promotion and Formation, Apostolate and Poverty-Service of
Authority-Administration. The drafting, however, had ended up building a
"Pauline cart" with five wheels. Hence, in the final Document
a fifth area came up: "Pauline Family."
At this point, the
constitution of the Drafting Commission proved very precious. Made up by
Fr. Guido Gandolfo and Fr. Giuliano Saredi, the commission had to sew
together the proposals of the study groups into one text, without
letting anything get lost. Meanwhile, Fr. Juan Antonio Carrera arrived
from São Paulo, thus bringing the number of the Chapter Delegates to
sixty-six,
Furthermore, we
examined the 37 motions that reached the Chapter from the Provincial
Chapters and Regional Assemblies, from individual members and from
Chapter Delegates. After the motivations of him who proposed it and the
opinion of the established ad hoc commission were given, we voted
upon them one by one.
In the morning of 19
May, the new General Council met for the first time, while the
Circumscription Superiors took the opportunity to meet and exchange
ideas.
Late in the morning,
the new General Council met, in an open dialogue, with all the Chapter
Delegates. After this, the President declared the 8th General
Chapter of the Society of St. Paul as concluded.
On Wednesday, 19 May,
we will celebrate, at 4:00 p.m., a thanksgiving Mass with the whole
Pauline Family at the crypt of the Regina Apostolorum Sanctuary in Rome,
in order to express our gratitude for the gift of this event, celebrated
in an atmosphere of great serenity, industriousness and a trustful
openness to the future.
May hope, founded in
faith in God and in the enthusiasm for our charism, enlighten our
journey ahead so we may become worthy sons of St. Paul and of Blessed
Alberione.
We are attaching with
this last communiqué two Chapter Declarations that characterize well
the Chapter reflection and the strongest concerns of the Assembly.
Best wishes.
The Secretary of
Information
Bro. Lorenzo Vezzani
Ariccia (Rome), 19 May
2004, at 3:00 p.m.
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